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What’s a Trigger Point? PART 2

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What’s a Trigger Point? PART 2 Trigger points are a VERY common but rarely recognized and often poorly managed cause of musculoskeletal pain. Unfortunately, many medical doctors and orthopedic surgeons do not know about Trigger Points. Trigger Points do not show up on X-rays, MRIs, Ultrasounds or other scans so it’s not uncommon for a patient to be told there is nothing wrong with them or that there is nothing that can be done to…

What You Need To Know Before You Get An X-ray If You’re Pregnant.

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What You Need To Know Before You Get An X-ray If You’re Pregnant. Radiation poisoning can cause birth defects, brain damage, and even death. Radiation is even more dangerous to unborn babies, but how dangerous is the question. The idea of getting exposed to any type of radiation while pregnant, no matter how little, is often not only a concern but a huge source of fear and anxiety. As a structurally based chiropractic office, it…

What’s a Trigger Point? PART 1

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What’s a Trigger Point? PART 1 We’ve talked a lot about chiropractic care, normal and abnormal spinal structure and how important it is to first find the primary cause of your secondary symptoms (back pain, neck pain, sciatica, headaches, etc).  More often than not, an abnormal shift in your spine is the primary factor. A spinal shift is responsible for many of the common secondary symptoms like back pain, neck pain, sciatica, disc problems etc. …

Are Self Chiropractic Adjustments Recommended?

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Are Self Chiropractic Adjustments Recommended? No. A chiropractic adjustment is a clinical procedure. Chiropractic Adjustments take years to learn and master and should only be applied by a doctor of chiropractic.  The procedure is very safe. However, “self-adjusting” is not really an adjustment.  The joint would only be mobilizing further into a misaligned position. Because of the cavitation (popping sound) that is often, not always, accompanied by an adjustment people assume that this popping sound…

NC Insurance: Are you getting what you pay for?

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NC Insurance: Are you getting what you pay for? Describing a company that is supposed to help keep your chiropractic health care costs reasonable, as a cartel seems extreme.  After all, we’re not talking about people who are selling weapons on the black market. None the less, HNS (Health Network Solutions) who states that they “partner with payors (your insurance), employers and healthcare professionals (your chiropractor) to provide innovative services and solutions to make health…
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